Display stand



Jan. 2, 1934. c. L. FoRETlcH 1,941,675

I DISPLAY STAND Filed Feb. 2, 1931 AVA( mento/a @WA fm@ (1km nu# Patented Jan. 2, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to racks and supports, and more particularly to a jo-int between a supporting member and article holders such as are used for supporting clothing, hats, or the like;

and furthermore, the invention relates to a collapsible support such as a shelf or the like, and the invention may be used in store windows for displaying garments or other articles of merchandise, or it may be used in dwellings or other places where articles such as wearing apparel or ornaments are displayed.

It is an object of this invention to provide novel means for detachably applying legs or feet to a standard or for detachably applying arms or other garment supporting elements to a standard; and furthermore to provide a joint by which a shelf or the like may be detachably applied to a bracket, the said invention being capable of being expeditiously assembled or dismantled and being of strong and durable construction, which may be manufactured at comparatively small cost and by methods which reduce the cost of manufacture, as compared with devices having functions analogous to those of the invention.

With the foregoing and other objects in viewI the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing fo-rming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a View in elevation of a rack showing one form of the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view of one of the elements with the supports therefor in place; and

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional View of a shelflike support and the joint by which it is anchored to a bracket.

In this drawing 5 denotes a standard having recesses or sockets 6 in its sides near the bottom, adapted to receive projections 7 formed on the inner ends of legs or supports 8, it being shown that the projections are complemental in shape to the shape of the socket adapted to receive it and that the said projections are located at or near the lower edge of the inner end of the foot, that portion of the inner end above the projection being straight and adapted to bear against the side of the member 5 to effectually retain the 55 parts assembled, it being understood that the weight of the supported parts serves to retain the feet in interlocked engagement with the member 5.

Each socket is formed with a horizontally disposed upper wall which is slightly curved at its inner end, the said wall of the socket being practically vertically disposed and terminating in a curved portion which extends downwardly beyond the area of the opening at the said side of the member 5.

Since the projection '7 is complemental in shape to the described socket, the projections have downwardly projecting extensions which reach into and are seated in downwardly extending portions of the recesses and when in position with the straight portion of the inner end bearing against the side of the member 5, a joint is formed between the said feet and the member 5, whose efficiency is increased proportional to the seat carried by the member 5. The number of feet which may be provided in a device of this kind may vary, but I have shown in Figure 2 that four such feet are employed.

The arms 9 of the rack may be of any conventional or ornamental shape and each arm has a projection 10 which ts in the complemental socket 11, and each arm is also provided with a straight portion l2 which bears against the outer surface of the member 5. rIhe socket for the arm is reversed as to position, as compared with the socket 6 and when the arms are assembled with their projections in the sockets, the weight which they are capable of supporting aids in maintaining them in their assembled positions with relation to the member 5. It is shown in Figure 1 90 that the sockets 11 have vertically disposed inner walls and that the said inner wall merges with an approximately horizontally disposed lower wall and an upwardly projecting curved extension which reaches above the opening Yin the side of the member that is intended to receive the projection. The parts just described, as has been stated, may be constructed by the employment of wood shaping and cutting machines and can be made by simple wood working operations, and it 10G is the only supporting joint of its kind where accessories or eXtra parts are not required.

In Figure 3 a fixture is shown which is capable of special use in displaying articles of merchandise in a window or show case and it provides for the ready assembling and dismantling of the support. A bracket 13 may be secured by suitable fastenings 14, such as screws, or the like, to any stationary part of the show window or show case, and the said bracket has a transversely disposed recess 15 in which a metal plate 16 is secured, the said plate being of the general shape of an interrogation point, the stem portion thereof being secured to the bracket by a suitable fastening 18, Such as a screw. The supporting element or shelf 19 has a recessed inner edge which ts the bracket and, as shown, the wall 20 of the recess is beveled in order that a clearance may be afforded, as will presently appear. A metal plate 21 is secured to the under surface of the shelf 19 and it extends outwardly and is curved upwardly from the inner end of the shelf in order that it may interlock or interengage with the curved plate 16 and fit into the curved upper portion of said plate, as fully shown in the drawing. The lower surface of the shelf is provided with a cleat or strip 22 with a straight inner end 23 which engages the outer face of the bracket when the parts are assembled, thus affording a bearing which will prevent the shelf from tilting below a horizontal position, or a position at right angles to the outer surface or edge of the bracket.

When the shelf is to be applied to the bracket, it is tilted slightly and the beveled inner wall 20 is practically parallel with the outer surface of the bracket. This permits the insertion of the plate into the socket and, as the shelf is lowered to a position at right angles to the bracket, the parts will be seated and caused to interengage so that the shelf will be held in operative position.

Since the parts of this invention, except the elements 16 and 21 and the several fastenings, can be constructed of wood, they can be nished to prove efficient and ornamental as adjuncts to display merchandise devices and for other purposes.

I claim:

In display stands, a member having sockets in its sides near the lower end, said sockets extending through the said member and the sides there- 'of at right angles to the sides having the sockets, each socket extending downwardly beyond the area of the opening at the side of said member, feet for the said member, each having a projection at its inner end complemental tothe shape of the socket into which it is fitted, each of said feet having a straight end extending from the inner portion of the extension to the edge opposite that carrying the extension, the said straight end being adapted to lie against the surface of the member to which the feet are applied, and article supporting devices applied to said member.

CLARENCE L. FORETICH. 

